My name is Nicholas, which means victory of the people, which is fine with me. It looks pretty good with my last name, so that’s good. I don’t like the nickname, though: Nick. It’s gross, ugly. Too short, but not in a cute way like some short names can be cute.
It alliterates with my last name, which fact I’m ambivalent re. But on its own my last name, which has a weird silent letter and an ambiguous nationality (German? Polish?) is pretty cool. Telemarketers can’t pronounce it, so it’s easy to say, “Nope, that person definitely isn’t here.” Etc.